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,NILi DESPERANDUM.
NO. 27.
YOL. III.
RIDGAVAY, ELK COUNTY, . PA.,.. THUIISDAY, SEPTEMBEIl 4, 1873.
Looking for Love,
As a fisherman looks out over the bay
For a ship that conies from sea,
I look for my love from day to day,
But my lovo comes not to me. ,
Who is the maid that the finger of fate
Has given, and whore lives she ?
IIow long shall I linger and hope and wait
Before she will come to me P
Or have I no love, and shall I bo blown
Like a lost boat out to sea ?.
No ! rieaure and pence shall be my own,
And my love shall come to me.
And when and where shall I know my doom ?
In-doors, or where flowers grow ?
Will the pear-trees all be whito with bloom t
Or will they be white with snow f
Have I evor heard of your name in talk f
Or seen yon a child at play ?
Are you twenty yet, and where do you walk ?
Is it near or far away ?
Come, my love, while my heart's in the south,
While youth is about my ways ;
I will run to meet you, and kiss your mouth,
And bless you for all my days !
A FLIGHT FROM THE INQUISITION.
Archibald Bower, whose singular ex-,
perienees of an Italian inquisition in
the last century we propose to narrate.
was a native of Scotland, being bonr
mere aoout the yeor HiSli. When only
five years old, he was sent over by his
parents to an uncle in Italy. In that
country his education was entirely con
ducted, and he became so great a pro
ficient in learning as to be appointed,
when yet very young, to various little
scholastic offices. Eventually, he was
made Professor of Rhetoric and Logic
in the college at Macerati. Here was
established an inquisition, the constitu
tion of which may be gathered pretty
accurately from Bower's own account.
The Holy Tribunal, he says, consisted
of an inquisitor, who was president of
it, and twelve counselors. The latter
were chosen by the inquisitor either
from among the ecclesiastics or the
laity,but were always men eminent for
learning. They had a salary of about
two huudred pounds per annum each,
nnd an apartment in the inquisition
house, where the inquisitor resided.
There were, in addition, great privi
leges and much honor to the counselors,
besides a certainty of good preferment.
The offences coming under their cog
nizance were purely those against the
faith or practice of the church, and
these were generally very trifling such
as doing or saying anything disrespect
ful with regard to saints, images, relics,
or the like. When any person was ac
cused before the inquisitor, a council
was summoned, always in the middle of
the night. If any happened to be ab
sent, their place was supplied by a no
tary for all trials must be in a full
court who made known to them the
crime, without naming either the in
former or the criminal.
On an accused person being appre
hended, ho was confined seven or eight
days without tne least glimpse of light,
or any other sustenance than a little
bread and water once a day. After that
time was elapsed, the court was sum
moned for the trial. A notary attended,
to write down all the accused should
say, and a surgeon to feel his pulse, and
tell how much torture ho could be made
to bear. The machines and engines for
torturing being all fixed, the prisoner
was brought, and without eyer having
been tokl either Jus ollence or accuser.
or having had the least liberty to ex
postulate, ho was exhorted to confess
his guilt.
An account of the tortures and pun
ishments inflicted would be superfluous,
for they (Ire well known. We pass on
to Bower's personal narrative. While
Professor of Rhetoric in the college, he
was, by favor of the inquisitor, ap
pointed to a vacaut otlice of judge,
which, looking to emoluments, was con
sidered a Rood preferment. Speedily.
the horrid Bcenes he was compelled to
Witness shocked his feelings. His sense
of justice was outraged, and he wished
himself well out of the position into
which he had uufortuuately fallen. For
three years he was projecting his es
cape, and revolving m his mind every
possible method of effecting it. But
when he considered the formidable dif-
ncuities with which each ot them was
attended, and the terrible consequences
if he failed in tho attempt, he was hel 1
in suspense. At last an accident hap
pened which confirmed his resolution,
but at the same time gave the inquisi
tor an opportunity of trying him to the
utmost. A person who was his intimate
friend was accused to the inquisition
lor saying something irreverent regard
ing the Carthusian friars, and, by or
ders of the inquisitor, .bower was order
ed to arrest him. It was a dreadful
trial of feeling, but ho executed his
commission. The inquisitor said the
next morning, when Mr. Bowers de
livered the key of the prison, and told
him that the gentleman was there
" This is done like one that is desirous
at least to conquer the weakness of na
ture." After this, no one will be surprised
that Bower was determined to effect his
escape from an office so ill-suited to
him. It was a most desperate under
taking, but the manner of it was all
that now occupied his thoughts. He
resolved to ask leave to go to Loretto,
nnd for that purpose waited upon the
inquisitor several times. Conscious,
however, of his own design, whenever
he attempted to speak, he feared the
words would falter on his tongue, and
his very confusion betray him, and he
was some time before he preferred his
request. At last, ono day, being in
familiar converse with the inquisitor,
lie came out with it at once. " My
Lord," said ho, " it is long since I was
at Loretto, will your lordship give me
leave to go there for a week Y " With
all my heart," was the reply. Having
all his matters in readiness, including
his valuable papers, (among which w is
the Directory,) he ordered a horse to
be at his door early the next morning.
When the horse came, he carried his
portmanteau down himself, and fixed
it to the saddle. He carried two loaded
pistols in case of emergency, being re
solved never to be taken alive.
The plan he had laid down was to take
all the by-roads into Switzerland.
Four hundred miles must bo traversed
before he was clear of tho pope's do
minions ; he knew the road for barely
half the distance. When he had travel
ed about ten miles without meeting a
soul, he reached a place where two
roads met, one leading to Loretto, the
other the way he proposed to go. "Here
he stood, to quote his own words,
some minutes in the most profound
perplexity. The dreadful alternative
appeared now in the strongest view ;
and ho was even tempted to quit his
darling project as impracticable, and so
turn to Loretto. But at last collecting
all the force of his staggering resolu
tion, he boldly pushed his horso into
the country road, and at that instant
left all his fears behind him." It was
in tho month of April that ho set out.
In the first seventeen days he did not
ge one hundred miles, so terrible were
the ways he was obliged to take among
mountains, thick woods, rocks and
precipices; generally no better path
than a sheep track, and sometimes not
that. Whenever Bower met any one,
which was but seldom, he pretended he
had lost his way, and inquired for the
high road, to avoid suspicion. For he
well knew that as soon as they missed
the papers he had carried away with
him, or had any other reason to suspect
his flight, expresses would be dispatch
ed in ever direction where it might be
expected to gain tidings of him.
fcvery possible method would be used
.to effect his capture. As appeared in
the sequel, the expresses were actu
ally a hundred miles in advance of him
in a very short time. During these
seventeen days ho supported himself
with a little goat's milk, got from a
shepherd, besides some coarse victuals
he was able to purchase from people
whom he met on the road, principally
wood-cutters. His horse was fed with
what grass could be found, his sleeping
place being always chosen where there
was most -shelter for himself, and a
liberal supply of grass for the poor
beast. At tho expiration of this time,
having tasted hardly anything for the
last three days of it, lie was compelled
to strike into the high road, and enter
the first house he came to, which hap
pened to be a post-house, with only one
small room, where gentlemen staid till
their horses were changed.
He begged the landlady to give him
some victuals ; but looking about, he
saw a paper posted up over the door,
which contained the most minute de
scription of his own person, and offered
a reward of ight hundred crowns to
any one bringing him alive to the inqui
sition, or of six huudred crowns for his
head. This was terrifying enough, as
there were two countrymen in the house.
He tried to hide his face by rubbing it
with his handkerchief and blowing his
nose ; and when he got into the room,
by looking out of the window. But one
of the fellows presently observing :
" This gentleman does not care to be
known," 13ower thought there was iiuth
ing for it but to brave it out ; so, turn
ing to the speaker, he put his handker
chief in his pocket, and said, boldly:
" You rascal 1 what do you mean ? What
have I done that I need fear to be
known ? Look at me, you villain !"
The man made ho reply, but got up,
nodded his head, and winking signifi
cantly to his companion, they went out
together, uower watched .them from
the window, but a corner obstructed his
view for a few minutes. In a.fhort time
he espied them with two or thr,ee others
in close conference. This forboded no
good. Not a moment was to be lost.
He drew out his pistols, put one in his
sleeve, and with the other cocked in his
hand, marched to the stable, mounted
his horse, and rode off without saying a
word.
Fortunately, the men wanted either
presence of mind or courage to attack
him, for they certainly recognized him
by tho description given in the adver
tisement. He was now again obliged to
seek refu'ga in the woods, where he must
soon have been famished, had not for
tune once more stood his friend. At
night, when he was almost fainting, he
met with some wood-cutters, who sup
plied him with exoellent provisions. He
wandered for some time through paths
in which he rendered his horse more as
sistance than hereoeived, being obliged
to clear the roads and lead him
As night advanced, he laid himself
down, in a disconsolate condition, hav
ing no idea where he was or which way
ne should turn, vv.heu.the day began
to break, he found he. was on a small
eminence,- where he discovered a town
at a distance, which seemed of consid
erable extent, from the number of stee
ples and spires winch could be counted,
Though this was some satisfaction to
him, yet it was not unaccompanied with
tear, as he knew not what place it was,
and he might incur much risk by going
into the high-road to inquire. However,
he advanced as fast as he could, and
asking the first person he met, was in
formed that it was Lucerne, the resi
dence of the pope's nuncio, to and from
whom all the expresses concerning the
fngitive must have been dispatched.
.This road, therefore, not suiting his
views, he left it the moment his infor-
mer was out of sight, and once more
betook himself into the woods, where
he wandered for some time longer, op
pressed by hunger and cold, and per
plexed with uncertainty whither he
should go.
One dismal, dark, and wet night, he
could neither find shelter nor ascertain
where he was, nor what course he could
pursue; but after some time perceiving
a light a long distance off, he attempted
to proceed towards it. ith some dim
culty he discovered a track, but so
narrow and uneven, that he 'was forced
to put one foot before the other in the
most cautious manner. With much
labor he reached the place from which
he had seen the light it was a misera
ble cottage. He knocked and called
until some on looked out, and de
manded whoi?;wa, and what brought
him there. .. Jigfcf replied that he was
a stranger, ano'ipsi ws way.
" Way I" crjed the man ;
no way to lose j , ,
"Why, where am I?"
"In the canton of Bern."
1 there
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" In the canton of Bern f Thank
God I" exclaimed Bower, enraptured.
" How came you here," said the man,
Bower begged that he would come
down and open the door, and ' he would
then satisfy him. He did -so, Bower
then asked him if he had heord any
thing of a person who had lately escaped
irora tne inquisition. Ay I neoru oi
him, we have all heard of him ! after
sending off so many expresses, and so
much noise about him 1 Heaven grant
that he may be safe, and keep out of
their hands 1" Bower said that he was
the very person. The peasant, in a
transport of joy, clasped him in his
arms, kissed him, and ran to call his
wife, who came with every expression
of delight in her face ; and making one
of her best curtsies, kissed his hand.
Her husband spoke Italian, but she
could not; and Bower not understand
ing Swiss, she was obliged to make her
congratulations in pantomime, or by
her husband as her interpreter. Jsoth
expressed much concern that they had
no better accommodation for him : If
they had had a bed for themselves, he
Bhould have had it; but ho should have
some clean straw and what covering
they possessed."
The good man hastened to get off
Bower's wet clothing, and wrap some
thing about him till they were dry ;
the wife busied herself in getting
ready what victuals they had, which
they regretted were no better than a
little sour-kraut and some new-laid
eggs. Three of these were served up
with kraut, and he made a comfortable
meal ; after which he enjoyed what
might properly be called repose, for he
was quiet and secure.
As soon as he rose in the morning,
the honest Swiss and his wife came to
know how he had rested. The good
dame was dressed in her holiday clothes.
After breakfast, the husband set out
with him to direct him on the road to
Bern, which was at no great distance,
but first insisted on returning with him
a little way, to show him the road he
had taken on the previous night. He
now became aware of another great
danger which he had escaped. He saw
that he and his horse had passed a fear
ful precipice, where the breadth of the
path would scarcely admit a horse, the
sight of which made him shudder. His
host went with him for several miles
along the road to Bern, and then left
him with a thousand good wishes.
At Bern, Bower inquired for the min
ister, to whom he made himself known,
and received from him as hearty a wel
come as from the Swiss, with the addi
tion of a more elegant entertainment.
Ho was advised to go forward the next
morning to Basel ; for, though protect
ed from open violence, he was unsafe
from secret treachery. From Basel a
boat sailed at stated times to Holland,
and was usually crowded with desperate
characters, fugitives from their respec
tive countries for all manner of crimes
and offences. This conveyance seemed
to afford the most expeditious mode of
getting to England. Bower was re
ceived kindly by the minister at Basel,
to whom he was recommended by his
friend at Bern. During the two days
preceding the sailing ol the boot lor
Holland, Bower kept close quarters,
and equipped himself in a manner suit
able to the company with which he was
about to associate, putting his proper
clothes into his portmanteau, of which,
as he was instructed to be particularly
careful, he made his seat by day, and
his pillow by night. Being obliged to
leave his horse, which was endeared to
him by the hardships it had shared with
him, he was determined to place it in
the hands of a kind master, who prom
ised that it should be ridden by no
one but himself ; and that, when it be
came old or infirm, it should be com
fortably maintained.
Disgusting as he found the company
on board, he was compelled to regret
the necessity of leaving it, in conse
quence of the vessel having sprung
a-leak, which obliged the master to put
in at Strasbourg for repairs, which
might detain him a fortnight. To stay
there was impossible. Bower, there
fore, took off his shabby dress, in which
he was disguised, at the first inn he
saw, and concealing it beneath the bed,
stole out with his portmanteau to a
tavern, from whence he sent out to en
gage a place in the stage to Calais. For
the first two or three days of his jour
ney he heard nothiug concerning him
self, which induced him to hope that
the news of his escape had not reached
France ; but he was soon undeceived.
For tho last two or three stages every
body was full of it. When he came to
the inn at Calais, the first persons he
saw were two Jesuites, with the badge
of the inquisition a red cross upon
them, in a road with several other
officials, appointed to take care of the
highroads, and to apprehend any crim
inal who was making his escape. This
was an unpleasant prospect, and Bower
immediately hastened to the waterside
to ask when the next boat sailed for
England. He was told not till the
Monday following ; it was then Friday.
He turned to a waterman, and asked
him if he would carrp him across in an
open boat, offering a liberal reward ;
but the man, and others to whom the
same request was made, declined. He
soon became aware that he had made a
false step, as every one about began to
take notice of him, feeling 6ure that he
was person of great consequence,
bearing most important dispatches, or
else a criminal eager to allude justice.
When he reached the inn, finding the
room where the Jesuits had been unoc
oupied, he inquired of the woman who
kept the house what had become of the
good company he had left there.
" Oh, sir I" said she, " I am sorry to
tell you, but they are up stairs search
ing your portmanteau."
What course to pursue, he could not
determine. By water, he knew he oould
not escape; and in order to get through
the gates, he must pass the guards,
who, most probably, were prepared to
intercept him. If it were practicable to
secrete himself till it was dark, and at
tempt to scale the walls, he was unac
quainted with their height; and if de
tected, he was ruined- The dangers he
had surmounted now aggravated the
terror of his situation. After weather
ing the storm so long, to perish within
sight of the desired haven was a dis
tracting thought. Whilst engaged in
these sad reflections, he heard some
company laughing and talking very loud
ly, and listening at the door, he found
them to be speaking English. He
rushed into the room, and recognizing
Lord Baltimore, whom he had .seen at
I Rome, desired the favor of a word with
him in private. The surprise occasioned
by his sudden appearance, with one pis
tol cocked in his hand and another in
his sleeve, was increased by Mr. Bower's
request, accompanied by his determined
air. Lord Baltimore desired him to
lay down his pistols, which he did, beg
ging pardon for not having done so be
fore. On being informed who he was,
Lord Baltimore proposed to tho com
pany that they should rise up, and
taking him in the midst of them, try to
cover him till they could get tohislord
ship's boat. The scheme succeeded;
the boat was near; they got to it unob
served, and rowed about two miles to
where the yacht lay, in which they had
come for an excursion. The wind being
fair, they soon reached Dover, where he
was safely landed on the 11th of July,
1732.
A long time afterwards, being with
the same Lord Baltimore at Greenwich,
a message came to him that some gen
tlemen wished to speak with him at a
house close by the water-side, where
was a passage into the river from a summer-house
in the garden. Lord Balti
more asked who could want him, and
recommended Bower not to go. But
he, not wishing to be thought afraid,
determined to" investigate the matter.
Two armed servants, however, attended
him; but when he andhisguard reached
the house, no one there would own to
having sent for him.
The hero of the above story after
wards procured an appointment as keep
er of Queen Caroline's library, and died
in 17CG, aged eighty.
A Danbury Child Lost.
A family named Cobleigh, living on
Nelson street, Danbury, says the Ncwa,
lost their little child, a girl of six
years. The alarm was at once given,
and a vigorous search was soon prose
cuted. The neighbors for several
streets adjoining either joined in the
search or assembled at the house
of the afflicted family and graphically
recalled cases were little children were
lost and after a long search found stark
and stiff in death, and thus consumed
time that would have otherwise passed
drearily enough to the agonized parents.
Several people remembered to have seen
the little girl in several different direc
tions, and parties followed the various
directions. Then there were others
who had ideas of their own in regard to
tho whereabouts of the missing child,
and one of these, a neighbor named
Wakely, was led by this instinct to crawl
under a barn, but in the transit became
so wedged in that it took two men and
a shovel to get him out again. A few
minutes later his zeal and discretion led
him to go down a well, and when pnrt
way down he lost his hold, gave forth a
whoop like an Indian, and disappeared
beneath the sparkling waters. He was
rescued more dead than alive, but still
burned with svmnathv for tho stricken
family, and with the water dripping
from his garments, crawled up ou a
beam to look over into a hay-mow, and
owing to the slippery condition of his
clothes, again lost his balance and came
down to the barn-floor on his back with
a force that deprived him of his breath,
At ten o clock the search was given up
for the night and the parents retired, but
not to sleep. At half -past ten a knock
sounded at the front door, which, being
opened, revealed the lost child. She
had fallen asleep on top of the hen
house, and becomiug ur.easy in her
dreams had fallen off and awakened,
and had now come in for the particulars.
No words con express the delight of the
parents at the recovery of their child.
nor depict the sensations of Mr. Wakely
when he came around the next morning
on a pair of borrowed erntciies, and
smelling strong enough of liniment to
knock down a chemist, and learned the
result of the affair. It is pleasant to
learn that not one of the excited neigh
bors had any serious idea that the girl
was lost, any of the time.
The Family Newspaper.
We clip the following truthful item
from the Decatur Jlcpublican. It is
precisely to the point : A child begin
ning to read becomes delighted with
the newspaper, because it reads of
things which are very familiar, and
will make progress accordingly. A
newspoper one year is worth one
quarter's schooling to a child, and every
father must consider that substantial
information is connected with tliis ad
vancement. The mother of a family
should be herself instructed. A mind
occupied becomes fortified against the
ills of life, and is braced for any em
ergency. Children amused by reading
or study are of course more considerate
and more easily governed. How many
thoughtless young have spent their
earnings in a tavern or grog shop, who
ought to have been reading? How
many parents, who never spent twenty
dollars for books or papers for their
families, would gladly have given
thousands to reclaim a son or daughter
who had ignoruntly and thoughtlessly
fallen into temptation.
Tho Largest Steam Engine iu tho World.
Pittsburgh claims to have in progress
of construction a pair of engines which
will be the most powerful in the world.
Reducing the capacity of some of the
largest pumping engines to a uniform
lift of one foot in twenty-four hours, it
is found that the one at the Lehigh
zino mines will lift 3,450,000,000 gallons;
the pair at tne unicago water works,
4,500,000,000 gallons; the pair at
Haarlem, Holland, 10,000,000.000 gal
Ions ; while the new Pittsburgh engines
will lift 14,240,000,000 gallons. The
pair will weigh 1,500 tons, and will cost
8423,550. The following dimensions
will serve to give some idea of the mag
nitude : Cranks, nine tons : shaft.
twenty-four tons ; four sections of the
two valve chambers, one hundred and
twenty ons : fly wheel, seventy tons,
The four plungers will weigh upwards of
four hundred tons. Cylinder, sixty-four
incnes diameter ; siro&e, iourteen teet.
Plungers, forty inches diameter, eleven
leet stroKe.
The experiment of restocking the
waters of Vermont with salmon promises
to be a success. Those put into the
Wiuooski last spring huve grown to be
three or four inches long, and have be
gun to run into the lake.
The Great Water Divide.
The Sourer! of Three ol the l.arfreat
Ittvera In America Mountains
Twelve Thousand Feet Above the
Level of the Sea-Grand and Beauti
ful Scenery,
It is stated in the sixth annual report
of the United States Geological Survey
of tho territories, by F. V. Hayden,
United States Geologist, that there is
perhaps no more unknown or more in
teresting geographical region in Amer
ica than the different branches of the
Snake river and the Madison the great
water divide of the continent. The
maps now in process of construction
will almost entirely change the geog
raphy of this wonderful region, within
a radius of ten miles may be found the
sources of three of the largest rivers in
America. The general elevation is from
7,000 to 8,000 feet above the sea, while
the mountains, whose eternal snows
form the sources of these great rivers,
rise to a height of 10,00 to 12,000 feet.
Flowing northward are the various
branches of the Missouri, Yellowstone,
and Wind rivers, which all unite event
ually into one mighty stream, the Mis
souri. To tho south are the branches
of Green river, which unites with the
Colorado, and empties into the Gulf of
California ; while South and west flow
the branches of Snake river, which,
uniting with the Columbia, pour their
vast volume of water into the Pacific.
The exploration of this remarkable
water divide proves that the Madison
Fork has its source in a small lake not
hitherto noted on any map, and that
the so-called Madison lake belongs en
tirely on the Pacific slope. This latter
lake was found to be about twelve
miles long and eight miles wide. From
this body of water flows a stream nearly
100 feet wide, which, after a distance of
about five miles, empties into a second
lake, which is four miles long and one
and a half miles wide. The former of
these lakes was named Shoshone, and
the latter Lake Lewis, in honor of the
great pioneer explorer of the north
west. At the upper end of Lake Sho
shone a new geyser basin was discovered
with from 75 to 100 springs, many of
them geysers of considerable power,
The ornamentation about these springs
was regarded as more interesting and
elaborate than those in Five Hole Basin,
The divide between the Yellowstone
lake and Lake Lewis was found to be
about fifty feet above the former, and
200 feet above the latter. This low
ridge in the great water divide of the
continent has doubtless given rise to
the story of the Two Ocean river, and
such a stream has found its way to most
of our printed maps.
From the summit of tho mountain the
scope or vision embraced a radius of
one hundred and fifty miles, within
which four hundred and seventy moun
tain peaks worthy of name could be
dintinctly observed. The area that
could be swept by the eye from this
point could not have been less than fifty
thousand square miles, embracing every
variety of grand and beautiful scenery
of mountain and valley, probably with
out parallel on the continent. Ten large
lakes aud several smaller ones were em
braced in the view, and the entire
Yellowstone Park was spread out under
the eve. To the east the Wind river
and Big Horn ranges, with the snow
clad summits of Fremont's, Union and
Cloud Peaks bounded the view. On
the north the Yellowstone range, with
Emigrant Peak, and many of the loftiest
mountains ot Montana were clearly
seen. To the west the numerous ranges
comprised in what are called the Salmon
river mountains of Idaho form the hor
izon of vision in that direction, while
the mountains near Fort Hall aud the
Wahsatch range completed the mighty
amphitheatre. This remarkable view
embraced a large portion of Wyoming,
Montana, Idaho, and Utah Territories.
About forty small streams, which unite
and form the upper portion of Snake
river, were carefully examined.
The party then proceeded down the
valley of Snake river, through its re
markable canyons, examining Jackson's
Lake and the numerous streams that
empty into the main river on either
side.
Fancied Hydrophobia,
Hydrophobia simply means the dread
of water, which is one of the symptoms
of canine madness ; but the same symp
toms also occur in other diseases dis
tinct from it. The horror of water al
most (not absolutely) always accompa
nies cunine madness, but it is also met
with, in greater or lesser intensity, in
several nervous diseases. It may be
brought on by strong mental emotion
of various kinds. A schoolmaster, af
terla, violent fit of anger, died in fifteen
hours, with decided symptoms of hydro
phobia. Fright will have the same ef
feet. A man bitten by a dog which he
believed to be mad had fearful attacks
of hydrophobia, which ceased several
months afterward, on his learning that
the dog remained in perfect health. A
girl who witnessed a sudden broil, in
which the disputants fought with
swords, was so terror-stricken that she
was seized with hydrophobia, and died.
A woman whose companions had aban
doned her alone in the fields all night
was greatly terrified thereby ; next day
she refused every sort of liquid, and
shortly died.
' It is, therefore, not surprising that
an aversion to water should have been
occasionally induced by the bite of men
and animals that were not mad. Mal-
pighi records the case of his mother,
who became hydrophobic after having
been bitten by her daughter in an epi
leptic fit.
Cases are not rare in which, when one
person has bitten another, the bitten
person has been attacked by and some
times died of apparent canine madness.
The most singular instance is that of a
young man, twenty-nine years of age,
who bit his own finger in a violent fit of
rage, and became so hydrophobic in
four-and-twenty hours that at the very
name of water he feu into convulsions.
we have received a note from a
tramp " desiring us to warn people
against making apple sauce in iron ves
sels. He says it spoils the flavor, and
adds that he will not eat apple sauce
cooKed in that way, it be Knows it.
Gen. Taylor as a Historian.
den. Tavlor. although an excellent
soldier, and a man of strong good sense
in the every-day affairs of life, had been
educated in the .camp, and knew no
more of statesmanship or the opera
tions of government than a Comanche
Indian j nor was he distinguished for
colloquial accomplishments or narrative
or descriptive talent. Then he had a
habit of hesitation in conversation that
amounted to almost a stammer. He
spoke in a terse, sententious style upon
subjects with which he was' familiar,
and his suggestions, especially on mili
tary matter, were marked py a quica
Eerception and a sound judgment. But
e was never diffuse or demonstrative,
and wasted no words upon anybody.
Judge Butler, a colleague m the sen
ate of Mr. Calhoun, calling to pay his
respects to the President, begged him
to describe the manner in which the
battle of Buena Vista was fought. His
brother, Pierce Butler, commanding
the Palmetto regiment, and a very gal
lant officer, fell in the battle, and the
Judge was naturally anxious to learn the
particulars of that desperate contest.
" Well, well, Jlldge, you warn. 10 mu
how the thing was done. Come and
dine with me to-day and I'll tell you all
I know about it."
Judge Butler was a hasty, impetuous
man, and the words noweu irom ms
mouth in a torrent whenever ne uaa oc
casion to speak. He was all impatience
during the dinner, and the moment they
were alone he brought . up the subject
of the battle.
' Yes, yes, Judge, your brother was
a brave man, and behaved like a true
soldier. But about the battle you
want to know how it was fought? "
" Yes, General, if you will be so kind.
I wish to learn how your troops were
disposed on the field, and how you
nested them to resist a force so over-
whelming. Santa Anna must nave
: . . .
out numbered you at least four or five
to one."
The difference was greater than
that, I think, but we didn t stop to
count the Mexicans. I knew there was
a heavy force, and longed for a couple
of regiments more of regulars.
"Undoubtedly," oid the judge;
" but what was your order of battle ?
" Why. why. vou see. Judge, we went
to fighting early in the morning the first
day, and we tic an day long, losing a
good many men, and at night it looked
pretty bad.
" Well, what next r
" When it got dark I rodeover to Sal
tillo to look after our stores and to pro
vide against a surprise.
Why did you go yourself hy not
send one of your aides
" You see. everything depended on
not having our supplies cut off, and
wanted to see after things myseit i
" How was it the next morning when
you come on the field ?" inquired Judge
HutJer.
Not much change since the night
before.
Who was the first man that you
met ?"
"Gen. Wool."
"And what did he say?"
" 'All is lost.'"
" What was your reply ?"
" ' Maybe so. General we'll see.
And upon that we went to fighting
again, and fit all that day, and toward
night it looked better.
The Judge, looking rather blank,
asked " What next ?"
Well, the next morning it was re
ported to me that Santa Anna and all
his men had disappeared in tho night,
and I was very glad to be rid of
them so."
Thirst Quenched Without Drinking.
It may not be generally known that
water, even salt water, imbibed through
the skin, appeases thirst almost as well
as fresh water taken inwardly. Iu il
lustration of this subject, a correspond
ent has sent the following abridged
quotation from a "Narrative of Captain
Kennedy s JjOBing his Vessel, and his
Distresses Afterwards," which was no
ticed in " Dodsley's Annual Register "
for loui). 1 cannot conclude without
making mention of the great advantage
1 received from soaking my clothes
twice a day in salt water and putting
them on without wringing. It was con
siderable time before I could make the
people comply with thiB measure, al
though, from seeing the good effects
produced, they afterward practiced it
twice a day of their own accord. To
this discovery I may with justice at
tribute the preservation of my own life
and six other persons who must have
perished if it had not been put in use
The saline particles, however, which
remained in our clothes, became in-
crusted by the heat of the sun and that
of our bodies, lacerating our skins, and
being otherwise inconvenient ; but we
found that by washing out these parti
cles, and frequently wetting our clothes
without wringing, twice in the course
of a day, the skin became well in a
short time. After these operations we
uniformly found that the violent drought
went off, and the parched feeling was
cured in a few minutes after bathing
and washing our clothes, and at the
same time we found ourselves as much
refreshed as if we had received some
actual nourishment. Four persons in
the boat who drank salt water went de
lirious and died ; but those who avoided
this and followed the above praotice ex
perienced no such symptoms.
A Railroad Suit.
An important suit has been com
menced in Fillmore county, Minnesota,
by C. Easton and others against the
Milwaukee and at. r aul and the South
ern Minnesota Railroad Companies. In
1871 the Minnesota Legislature made
law prescribing maximum rates for the
transportation of freight upon railroads,
The companies above named disregard
ed the law, and made their own schedule
of charges. The plaintiffs were heavy
shippers, and paid without protest or
objection the rates demanded. They
now sue to recover the amount paid
above legal rates. The decision of the
Supreme Court affirming the constitu
tionality ot the law seems to give color
to the plaintiffs' claim. If the case is
decided in their favor, Minnesota rail
road companies may have to refund
millions of dollars.
Items of Interest.
Very small ear-rings are the proper
thing.
Time never "stays." That accounts
for the great waist of time.
A California dog revealed a murder
by bringing home a human arm.
An attempt is being made to use saw
mill refuse for smelting iron in Michi
gan.
Mint. Minnesota will
export this year 20,000,000 bushels of
wheat.
Tbfl St,. Louis I)isnaich is going to
publish an edition on Sunday afternoon,
a novelty in newspapers m iu
The proposed new constitution of
Pennsylvania covers sixty large printed
pages,' being five times as large as the
old one.
Suburban Peorians mistake their new
letter-carriers for boon agents auu
lightning-rod peddlers, and throwstones
at them.
A Louisiana paper states that the in
scription " for sole or lor rem, i
posted on more than o.uuu uuusco
stores in New Orleans.
Ceylon exports between two and three
million gallons of cocoanut oil every
year. The business has increased since
the opening of the Suez Canal.
From Dubuque: "In order not to
ruin the reputation of Dubuque busi
ness men, the names of drunkards be
fore the police court are suppressed by
the papers. i
It is proposed to change tho name oi
Chicago to Edwardsville, in honor oi
the Directory man, who has done for the
city what no legitimate census-taker
could do. St. Louis Globe.
A 1- rim Mimnn nrofesses to have dis
covered, by experiments upon himself,
thatcoffee taken upon an empty biuuimju
renders the mind abnormally ciear anu
the temper unnaturally bad.
A young lady was thrown from a car
riage in Shrewsbury, Mass., the other
day, and had one leg broken, and the
accident was still farther complicated
by her falling on a wasp's nest.
A fastidious lady in Chicago broke an
engagement because her lover stained
her sash and the back breadth of her
dress suit with tobacco juice. The dis
carded lover now taunts her for her
pride.
It is said that many thousand pounds
of trout e-re annually caught among the
Adiroudacks which are left to rot along
the shore. Such senseless barbarism is
hastening the depopulation of the
streams.
Peter Kessler, the mule-stealer, who
was imprisoned in Jefferson City, Mo.,
hiiB been hanged by a mob, and the
Sheriff who had him in charge has been
mortally and two others very seriously
wounded.
Thirty years ago Mr. William Allen
of Ohio used to say that the Gulf of
Mexico was the mouth of the Missis
sippi river, that Cuba was its tongue,
aud that every mouth had a right to its
own tongue.
The " rush " for Europe this season
has not been so great as was expected,
the number of departures being 18,533,
against 18,018 during the same period
last year. The Vienna Exhibition didn't
" draw " much.
A father in Wilmington, Del., who
took a great dislike to one of his child
ren that was "reel footed "having
feet turned out was arrested for en
deavoring to persuade his wile to assist
him in poisoning it.
No locomotive is allowed to use a
steam whistle iu Altoona, that city of
railroads where engines, trains and
shifting cars are almost constantly in
motion by night and day so that if
whistling is essential in any town that
would be one of the places.
The German Minister of War has re
cently' issued an order that every man
subject to military service in tuo em
pire shall present himself for enroll
ment with a photograph of himself in
his possession, duly certineu to uv mo
police or municipal authorities of the
locality in which the candidate may re
side. A new and important fact in silk cul
ture has been developed by the Accli
mation Society, France, namely, that
silk of varied color can be produced by
feeding the silk-worm on different leaves.
Worms fed on vine leaves produce a
silk of magnificent red color. Lettuce
has been found to produce an enierak
green colored silk.
Scene in the Goldsboro' (N. C.) post-
office: " Nothing, sir." " Thar am t no
letter for me, you say?" "Nothing."
"Dad fetch the luck! Say, mister,
ain't thar 'nuther 'postoffice in town ?"
Only ore." "Well, all I've got to
:'. . . x iv-i il
say, it s a one-norse town unit can i
s'port but one postoffice," was the com
ment of the countryman as he strode
into the street.
There is now current a story of a girl
who killed a calf belonging to her father
in order that his attention might be dis
tracted while she went to meet her lover.
This is evidently a rehash of the old
mythological legend, relating how Me
dea tore her little brother Absyrtus in
pieces tat her rather Aetes might have
so me Hung to detain him while shew ran
away with her beloved J ason.
Ammonia is a useful household ar
ticle which it is worth while to keep on
hand for common purposes. It is ex
cellent for cleansing paint, silver, and
glass; a teaspoonful put in the water
produces a wonderful effect. Wherever
there is grease to be removed, ammonia
is efficacious. Consequently it is excel
lent for cleaning hair-brushes. Indeed,
it is an almost indispensable toilet
article.
A new motor has recently been pat
ented in this country, the operation of
which the journal of the Franklin In
stitute describes as follows: Oil is
sprayed into the cylinder behind the
piston, and, being mixed with air, is
ignited at the proper time by electrici
ty. The consequent expansion drives
the piston forward, the momentum of
the fly-wheel returning.it to its former
position. An ejector supplies the oil
from the tank to the sprayer, the ejector
being connected to a piston blower
driven by a crank connected with the
main shaft,